Benjamin Brink/The OregonianFred Neal, left, who is monitoring the Clackamas County elections process for the secretary of state, works with deputy clerk Mike Dion at the county elections office.

With just one day to go before Tuesday's election, the Clackamas ballot fraud controversy is dominating the Oregon political scene.

The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners will hold an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, The Oregonian reports, to discuss allegations that a temporary elections workers tampered with ballots to produce more votes for Republican candidates.

Secretary of State Kate Brown has dispatched monitors to watch Clackamas County elections workers while the Department of Justice investigates the allegations. But Brown on Saturday, citing the criminal investigation, did not answer questions about whether voters could be assured of a fair election in the county.

One thing is clear: if there's a close election in Clackamas County, don't be surprised to see the loser contest the result. In the heated battle for chairman of the commission, John Ludlow told The Oregonian last week that polls showed him with a strong lead. Lehan's campaign released a polling memo Sunday morning saying the race is essentially tied, with Ludlow at 36 percent, Lehan at 35 percent and 29 percent undecided.

Brown's office is also facing another last-minute elections controversy regarding Postal Service policies on the delivery of mail without sufficient postage, The Oregonian reports. Her opponents in the race charge that Brown's office sought to discourage the Postal Service from returning these ballots; she says it is not true and that she has directed county elections officials to accept ballots regardless of whether they have adequate postage.

While Oregon is not a swing state, The Washington Post tries to figure out why President Barack Obama is not doing nearly as well in the state as he is in neighboring Washington and California. The conclusion: despite Obama's big win here in 2008, Oregon has a " decided independent/libertarian undercurrent in Oregon that has led
some GOP strategists to express optimism about its future in the state."